Torsten Schuessler

First, the Microsoft branding team unveiled an official new logo for SQL Server 2008.   more »

http://sqlcat.com/presentations/archive/2008/06/04/how-microsoft-it-leverages-sql-server-2008-ssis-dataflow-engine-enhancements.aspx CU tosc more »

There is an interesting post by Buck Woody: http://blogs.msdn.com/buckwoody/archive/2008/05/06/why-you-should-upgrade-to-sql-server-2008.aspx CU tosc more »

There is an interesting technical note by using the backup compression and its benefits in SQL-Server 2008 at SQLCAT. Follow up: http://sqlcat.com/technicalnotes/archive/2008/04/21/tuning-the-performance-of-backup-compression-in-sql-server-2008.aspx CU… more »

The SQL User Edutcation Team have created a new scoped Search macro on Windows Live search.It helps you to narrow your search to just the SQL Server 2008 Books Online documentation(BOL) and eliminate extranneous results from other sources, like the SQL… more »

There is a new blog maintained by the entire team of SQLPMB. This blog is dedicated to Policy-Based Management introduced in SQL Server 2008. http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlpbm/default.aspx CU tosc more »

http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/simons/archive/2008/03/11/SQL-Server-2008---Whats-new-in-the-tools.aspx more »

As announced the day before yesterday, the SQL Server 2008 February CTP is now available for download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=749BD760-F404-4D45-9AC0-D7F1B3ED1053&displaylang=en In addition, there is also the Books… more »

The Microsoft SQL Server 2008 – Learning Portal offer this ebook Introducing SQL Server 2008 by Peter DeBetta, Greg Low, and Mark Whitehorn for free!By the way - there is also an free e-learning offer Collection 6187. Check it out:… more »